Articles

Title:	Macroinvertebrate benthic communities in the macrophyte-dominated Lake Łuknajno (northeastern Poland)
Authors:	Jabłońska-Barna Izabela
Abstract:	The analysis of the macroinvertebrates of the shallow, macrophyte-dominated Lake Łuknajno (north-eastern Poland) was performed. The studies covered the areas of the bottom overgrown by plants as well as denuded of macrophytes. Within benthic macrofauna, the representatives of 6 phyla typical of shallow, mesotrophic lakes were recorded. The relationship between the occurrence of particular taxa and the kind of plant cover was found only in the case of some molluscs and Camptochironomus tentans larvae. The mean number and biomass of benthic fauna achieved 1135 individuals and 8.876 grams of wet weight per square meter, respectively. The dynamics of the community number was conditioned by temporal and spatial diversification of Chironomidae and Ephemeroptera larvae abundance. Bivalvia were the main component of the benthofauna biomass.
DOI:
Type of paper:	Original research paper
Pages:	29 to 37
Cytation:	Jabłońska-Barna I., 2007, Macroinvertebrate benthic communities in the macrophyte-dominated Lake Łuknajno (northeastern Poland), Ocean. Hydrob. Studies, 36(Supl. 4): 29-37
Keywords:	macroinvertebrates, shallow lake, Lake Łuknajno
Year:	2007
Category:
Download:	Download file "344.pdf"